Cuts Watch #20: Police cuts

The impact that the Home Office cuts will have for the police is becoming clearer, following a statement by Police Minister Nick Herbert. Overall, £125 million will be cut from the police. Cuts reported locally include:

Full details for all areas are provided in the Minister’s statement. The Government is ‘confident that savings can be achieved by driving out wasteful spending on support functions’ and that front line police services can be maintained. The response from Police Authorities has been mixed – in Durham there is ‘no guarantee‘ that front line officers will be protected and in Cleveland redundancies for front line workers ‘can’t be ruled out‘. But in Lincolnshire the Authority do not anticipate front line reductions – although ‘this position may have to be reviewed as further savings initiatives are announced’. Shadow Policing Minister David Hanson MP has suggested that the cuts will impact on crime.

Written by Nicola Smith

I’m Head of the Economic and Social Affairs Department at the TUC. I also represent the TUC on the Social Security Advisory Committee. My posts may therefore range from the environment to the welfare state via macro-economic policy but will inevit…